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' P1e1se do not misunderstand ine- O;dASA is not opposed to ind~scrial and economic • ~ development activities in Ozange County. We erg, however, opposed to these 'activities in public water supply watershed areas since suitable alternative - sites outside of these critical areas axe available. With intergovernmental cooperation, there axe alternatives for identifying and setting aside sites For future industrial development outside of these watersheds. Specifically, suitable industrial development sites are available in the upper Bolin Creek and Plew Hope Cxeelc drainage basins • Tf industrial development wexe.to be permitted in public water supply watersheds, there dust be limitations on the types and quantities of materials which can be used or stored on site, restrictive impervious surface limits, and. adequate provisions for spill containment, including those associated with underground storage tanks.. 4.2.29(b)4 The reference to "the most cuzzent >PA list of Hazardous Substances and Priority Pollutants" should be revised to include the appropriate legal. reference, i.e. 33 USC 1251 et seq. 4.2.29(b)5 The statement "Sewage disposal. proposed for the district shall be appropriate for the use." is very broad. Guidance should be provided on the typal of, disposal methods which will be permitted as wall. as the conditions under which they will be allowed. 6.23.5 It should be recognized that somF commercial activities bring faith them a greater potential for adverse water quality impacts than do certain industrial. activities. Commercial uses which axe high volume traffic generators should not be permitted in the watershed. Residential development densities should be determined by impervious surface limitations as well as "the wastewater treatment system applicable." In tlxe Water Quality Critical Area, the rsaximum development density should be one -. dwelling unit for every two acre lot. 6.23.6 The underground storage of petroleum products in industrial and conunercial districts should also be addressed. T.eaking underground staxage tanks axe posing a significant public health threat fn areas throughout Itiorth Carolina and the nation. Strict standards concerning th:: lpcation and design of these facilities, as well as provisions for ongoing monitoring, need to be established. 6.24.2 We suggest revising the third line to read as follows: "...in its ~etated natural state, unless the area is s arsel vegetated or subject to serious erosion..." Also, tl~e planting of vegetation ax establishment of erosion resistant impzovements to the vegetative cover should be required where the buffer area has alrEady been disturbed. ' -3-